Resources
Books
Journal articles
Miscellaneous documents
Reference resources
Theses and dissertations
Websites
Search engines
Research analytics tools
Referencing tools
 
Books


Ebook Central (Academic Complete)  Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database. The widest range of subject areas including East Asian culture, religion, literature, politics and more.

eBooks on Science Direct  Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, politics, education and more.

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection  Some full text available Restricted Resource 
Multi-disciplinary database including education, religion, linguistics, politics in East Asian regions.

OAPEN Library Some full text available openURL
Academic books including education, religion, linguistics, politics of East Asian regions.
 
Journal articles

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)  Some full text available Restricted Resource 
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, education, religion, politics and more.

Cambridge Core Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, art, economy. List of subscribed Humanities and Social Sciences Collection.

Electronic Journals Library  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images​​
E-journals prepared by Regensburg University (Germany) Library include topics for East Asian Studies.

eScholarship (University of California, California Digital Library)  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio​​​
A repository of scientific journals, dissertations, conference proceedings, etc. in various fields. These also include sources on East Asian politics, culture, education, history and more.

HathiTrust Digital Library  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
A collection of over a million titles from around the world. Scientific information in various fields is provided.

Hong Kong Institutional Repositories  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
The Institutional repository of the Hong Kong Library of Science and Technology, which publishes research data, theses, articles, reports from eight public universities. Reviews, translations of philosophical texts are also published.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)  Some full text available Restricted Resource Resource contains images
Multi-disciplinary database including  East Asian religion, culture, history and more.

Japanese Historical Maps  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video​​
The East Asian Library collection of historical maps of Japan. Rare maps of Edo (now Tokyo), Kyoto, Osaka, and other Japanese cities are also provided.

Korea Science  Some full text available openURL  Resource contains images Resource contains video
The repository of the Korean Science and Technology Center, which contains articles from interdisciplinary journals. Most sources come from authorities, universities, institutes, knowledge services.

Master FILE Premier (EBSCO)  Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database including resources for Asian studies.

Oxford Journals Collection Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database including topics for East Asian Studies. List of 280 subscribed journals. 

SAGE Journals Online  Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian politics, international relations, history and more. List of subscribed journals.

ScienceDirect Some full text available Restricted Resource
Multi-disciplinary database including  East Asian culture, religion, history. Subscribed journals Freedom Collection. Some resources are open access.

Science Research.com  Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, religion, history, East Asian art, literature, personalities, history and more.

 
Miscellaneous documents


Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images  Resource contains video Resource contains audio
One of the best collaborative, peer-reviewed online publishing platforms in the industry today. Topics include Islam, human rights, migration. 

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)  Some full text available openURL
Leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in the Humanities and Social Sciences from and about Central and Eastern Europe.

Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) Some full text available openURL
Quality-assured global directory of academic repositories. Access may be restricted by cache settings, such as those available on the intranet.

Europeana Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains audio Resource contains video
A digital library providing access to books, newspapers, film excerpts, maps, photographs and other documents from national libraries, archives and museums in European countries. Copyright and/or related rights to the object apply. Topics include East Asian art, history, economics, politics and more.

Internet Archive  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio​​
World Digital Library. Resources of various types and disciplines are provided.
 
Reference recources

Britanica Online  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
Encyclopaedia

Japanese-Lithuanian dictionary  Some full text available openURL
 
Theses and dissertations

VMU ETD Some full text available openURL
University master theses, doctoral dissertations and their summaries in VMU Research Management System (VMU CRIS).

eLABa  Some full text available openURL
Final theses and doctoral dissertations of Lithuanian higher education institutions in the Lithuanian e-academic library.

DART—Europe E-theses Portal  Some full text available openURL
E-theses and dissertations containing over 800,000 open access papers from 619 universities in 28 European countries. 

OpenDissertations (EBSCO Publishing)  Some full text available openURL
More than 1.2 million e-theses and dissertations from around the world (from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day).

NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) Some full text available openURL
Final theses and dissertations of world science and study institutions.
 
Websites

CrossAsia  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images​​
Database of Asian Studies prepared by the German National Library. Choose the CrossAsia Fulltext Search collection to search for full-text documents.
 
Search engines

Research Management System (VMU CRIS) Some full text available openURL
Scientific publications, master theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), university-published e-books and journals, scientists’ profiles, projects and other documents. Some of the works have an embargo period.

VMU Virtual Library Some full text available openURL
An integrated one-stop search system that allows searching the University Library catalog, VMU Science Management System (VMU CRIS), subscribed databases, Lithuanian Academic Library (eLABa) and global academic open access resources. Some of the works have an embargo period.

VMU Library Catalogue openURL
Books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, sheet music, audio and video recordings, rare and old, e-documents, etc.

VMU Course Reading Catalogue openURL
Information resources recommended for study modules. You can search by study module code or title.

The Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa) Some full text available openURL
Scientific publications, dissertations and final theses of Lithuanian scientific institutions. Some of the works have an embargo period.

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains audio Resource contains video
One of the largest search engines performing search in open access scholarly resources. Topics include East Asian religion, philosophy, languages, politics.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Some full text available openURL
Catalogue containing full-text e-books from academic publishers, among which Vytautas Magnus University Press as well. Topics include Asian art, languages, history, politics, religion.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Some full text available openURL
Directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journals. Topics include East Asian culture, art, economy, politics.

FreeFullPDF  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images​​
Open access scholarly search engine. Topics include history, culture, politics of East Asian countries.

Google Scholar  Some full text available openURL
A scientific information search engine that searches for articles, dissertations, books, etc., published by scientific publishers, professional associations, universities and other research institutions.

WorldWideScience.org  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video​​
Global search engine in the national and international scientific databases and websites.
 
Voice of the Shuttle  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video
Publicly available since 1995, links to humanitarian resources online.
 
Research analytics tools

InCites Journals and Highly Cited Data (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool. Personal registration is required. For the first time you need to log in from VMU computer network and click on Register an email address. VMU email address should be used for the registration.

Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool. 
 
Referencing tools

RefWorks Restricted Resource
Bibliographic information management program. It can be used to save bibliographic records of information sources; sort them into catalogs by topics or other attributes, edit, search for records; prepare bibliographies according to various citation styles; to use the text creation tool “Write-N-Cite” in “MS Word” and to insert references to the sources in the text and to prepare a bibliography.

Mendeley openURL
Free bibliographic information management program. It can be used to save bibliographic records of information sources; sort them into catalogs by topics or other attributes, edit, search for records; to prepare lists of literature sources according to various citation styles; use the “Mendeleyʼs Citation Plugin” in “MS Word” and insert links to sources in the text and prepare a bibliography.

Zotero openURL
Free bibliographic information management program. It can be used to save bibliographic records of information sources; sort them into catalogs by topics or other attributes, edit, search for records; prepare bibliographies according to various citation styles; use the “Zotero” plugin in “MS Word” and insert links to sources in the text and prepare a bibliography.
Consultant

Gitana Virganavičienė

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